This year our class is taking on the challenge of trying to solve some of the issues that have plagued our globe over the past twenty years. This page is designed to record our journey along the way as well as serve as a dumping ground for any information that we may come across as we begin and continue to research a possible solution.
Global Issue #1: Poverty and Hunger
The following document will serve as a template for you to follow as you go along and begin organizing you information.
Solving the Issues of the World…One Friday at a Time
Who:14 million people are estimated to be served by feeding America. 3 million of those people are the ages of 5 and under. 2. 22% of the children in the U.S. were living in poverty in 2010. 3.
Where: -Top 5 Most hungry countries 1. Dem Republic of Congo 2. Eritrea 3. Burundi 4. Hati 5. Comoros -Asia and The pacific has the most hunger out of all the continents -15% of people in the US live being hungry. __http://momsagainsthunger.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a7cb9b0e970b016764ff5fa9970b-800wi__ These are hungry children. There are many kids like this around the world. The States with the largest poverty rate are: 10. Texas-17.9%
9. West Virginia-18.1% 8. South Carolina-18.2% 7. Louisiana 18.7% 6. Arkansas-18.8% 5. Kentucky-19% 4. Alabama-19% 3. District of Columbia-19.2% 2. New Mexico-20.4% 1. Mississippi-22.4% The percentage living under poverty line in 2010 This is a major result of people that are living in poverty.
1 in every 7 people wake up hungry
Questions
1. What does woodward do to for can drives and poverty.
2. How would we be able to set up a coat drive and food drive.
3. could we have an ooud to increase the amount of coats or can donated.
4. who would call the company that takes all the coats and food to the shelter.
5. would this cost money and if it did cost money how would we get it.
Costs: human and/or financial cost?
39% of taxes go to help poverty and hunger, homeless.
It cost a lot to help poverty and hunger.
Previous Efforts Put Into Place to Help Resolve Issue: Coat and toy drive
Talk with Mr. Notestine, Mr. Deitz, faculty in the upper school.
Reasons why previous efforts to help resolve issue have failed:
Not enough money to help
Not enough people to help
Unemployment
Not enough Jobs
Government
Areas of concern on reaching your desired solution to the global issue:
Not easy to pay for
Not easy to get people to support.
Not everyone pays taxes
Starting a drive
YOUR PLAN OF ACTION! (for this section, you will need to provide the most detail as you lay a step-by-step plan on how your group will go about tackling this issue. It is important that you take a look at all the information you have researched and studied and use that information to develop a true, realistic and effective plan of action. The plan needs to include funding, people involved, time length of project, materials needed, etc…)
To solve this problem we want to let people know that it isn't that hard. Coat drives need to be in schools and grocery stores. Food drives in all schools. People that don't need welfare abuse it so the people that need welfare can't get it. Welfare should be for only the people that need it and not for people that want a flat screen TV. Our group will try to go on the news and write petitions to make public schools have coat and food drives for the poor.
Global Issue #1: Poverty and Hunger
The following document will serve as a template for you to follow as you go along and begin organizing you information.
Solving the Issues of the World…One Friday at a Time
Group Names: Keller Pilch Jack Hickey
Global Issue #1:Poverty/Hunger
Background of Issue: (who?, what?, where?, when?, why?)
Background issue (who, what, where, when, & why)
What: Poverty/Hunger
Who:14 million people are estimated to be served by feeding America. 3 million of those people are the ages of 5 and under.
2. 22% of the children in the U.S. were living in poverty in 2010.
3.
Where:
-Top 5 Most hungry countries 1. Dem Republic of Congo
2. Eritrea 3. Burundi 4. Hati 5. Comoros
-Asia and The pacific has the most hunger out of all the continents
-15% of people in the US live being hungry.
__http://momsagainsthunger.typepad.com/.a/6a0120a7cb9b0e970b016764ff5fa9970b-800wi__
These are hungry children. There are many kids like this around the world.
The States with the largest poverty rate are:
10. Texas-17.9%
9. West Virginia-18.1%
8. South Carolina-18.2%
7. Louisiana 18.7%
6. Arkansas-18.8%
5. Kentucky-19%
4. Alabama-19%
3. District of Columbia-19.2%
2. New Mexico-20.4%
1. Mississippi-22.4%
The percentage living under poverty line in 2010
This is a major result of people that are living in poverty.
1 in every 7 people wake up hungry
Questions
1. What does woodward do to for can drives and poverty.
2. How would we be able to set up a coat drive and food drive.
3. could we have an ooud to increase the amount of coats or can donated.
4. who would call the company that takes all the coats and food to the shelter.
5. would this cost money and if it did cost money how would we get it.
Costs: human and/or financial cost?
39% of taxes go to help poverty and hunger, homeless.
It cost a lot to help poverty and hunger.
Previous Efforts Put Into Place to Help Resolve Issue:
Coat and toy drive
Talk with Mr. Notestine, Mr. Deitz, faculty in the upper school.
Reasons why previous efforts to help resolve issue have failed:
Not enough money to help
Not enough people to help
Unemployment
Not enough Jobs
Government
Areas of concern on reaching your desired solution to the global issue:
Not easy to pay for
Not easy to get people to support.
Not everyone pays taxes
Starting a drive
YOUR PLAN OF ACTION! (for this section, you will need to provide the most detail as you lay a step-by-step plan on how your group will go about tackling this issue. It is important that you take a look at all the information you have researched and studied and use that information to develop a true, realistic and effective plan of action. The plan needs to include funding, people involved, time length of project, materials needed, etc…)
To solve this problem we want to let people know that it isn't that hard. Coat drives need to be in schools and grocery stores. Food drives in all schools. People that don't need welfare abuse it so the people that need welfare can't get it. Welfare should be for only the people that need it and not for people that want a flat screen TV. Our group will try to go on the news and write petitions to make public schools have coat and food drives for the poor.